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PTA

Our 2018 Valentine's Dance is coming up soon! The dance will be at CDMS on Friday, February 16 from 7pm-9pm and feature a DJ, dancing, photo booth, open gym for basketball and prizes! Snacks and drinks will be for sale. Admission is $3 and includes a ticket for one snack/drink and a prize drawing.

The Gertrude Hawk Spring Chocolate sale has been extended until Wednesday, February 7. There's still time to turn your order in!

This month's restaurant fundraiser will be held at Sizzle & Chill on February 20. Check your email or the CDMS PTA Facebook page for more details.

Congratulations to the PTA Reflections arts awards recipients! Awards were presented during an assembly on January 22. Regional award winners will be announced soon!

Please continue to send in Box Tops for Education. Our next collection will be submitted March 1.

Know a CD high school senior? The CDMS PTA will award scholarships again this year for post-secondary education. The current application is on the CDMS PTA webpage. The deadline is April 6. Applicants must be a candidate for graduation from a senior high school within CD School District and have completed at least one year at CDMS. See the application for more details.

Our next PTA Meeting will be held Tuesday, February 20, at 7pm in the CDMS Cafeteria. A presentation on the new Edmentum program will be given by CDMS principals and staff. Light refreshments and time for parent networking will be provided. We hope to see you there!

NURSE’S CORNER

February is National Children’s Dental Health Month. Good habits at an early age help students get a good start on a lifetime of healthy teeth and gums

Good dental health includes regular dental check-ups, brushing at least twice a day and flossing

True or False- Cold weather causes colds and flu. False- viruses that cause colds and flu tend to be more common in the winter. Frequent hand washing and teaching your child to sneeze or cough into their elbow may help reduce the spread of colds and flu

Attention to 6th grade parents- to meet the immunization requirements for 7th grade, your child will need to have proof of two additional immunizations. All students will need to have a tdap (tetanus) and MCV (meningitis) vaccine or proof that they have had these vaccines. Notices will be sent home closer to the end of the school year as a reminder.

CDMS STUDENT COUNCIL

We would like to start off by thanking everyone for supporting the Student Council Clash of Cash fund raiser! It was a great success again this year and that would not be possible without your support. We raised almost $2400 to put towards our student activities and courtyard project!! We are currently partnering with Dauphin County Technical School to have their students build us a gazebo (or two, depending on costs) for our courtyards.

The three homerooms with the winning point totals were Mr. Rosler in 1st place, Mr. Mariano in 2nd place, and Mr. Mireles in 3rd place. Mr. Jones’ homeroom raised the most money by bringing in $406.31, much of that in coins that Mr. Jones had to count on Stall Day! All four winning homerooms will receive a pizza party.

Next on Student Council’s agenda is selling refreshments and lollipop bundles at our school musical, The Little Mermaid in March.

CDMS MUSIC DEPARTMENT

Congratulations to the 16 CDMS band students and the 16 CDMS orchestra students who were selected to participate in the 2018 Dauphin County Band Festival and 2018 Dauphin County Orchestra Festival! Students from all schools in Dauphin County competed in a rigorous audition process to be chosen for the Jr. High Orchestra, Elementary Orchestra, and Jr. High Band. For the Intermediate Band, students were chosen by director recommendation and a round robin selection process. The CDMS music department is proud to have these students representing our school this year!

Intermediate Band: Katie B. (grade 6, flute), Nathan B. (grade 6, baritone), Brayden B. (grade 6, trumpet), Ben G. (grade 6, alto sax), Leah M. (grade 6, trumpet).

Jr. High Band: Kelson B. (grade 8, trumpet), Tyler F. (grade 7, percussion), Meredith. (grade 7, flute), Vinny J. (grade 7, oboe-1st chair), Foster K. (grade 8, baritone-2nd chair), Elena L. (grade 7, clarinet), Kellan M. (grade 7, clarinet), Paige M. (grade 8, trumpet), Riley. (grade 7, clarinet), Danneil M. (grade 8, flute), Caitlin W. (grade 7, horn-2nd chair).

5th/6th Grade Orchestra:  Vera S. (6th Grade, violin), Sarah B. (6th Grade, violin), Trinity R. (6thGrade, violin), Maren B. (6th Grade, viola), Brooke S. (6th Grade, viola), Kunal G. (6th Grade, viola), Allison W. (6th Grade, cello), Shayne H. (6th Grade, cello), Ciana L. (6th Grade, cello), Riley S. (grade6, string bass).

Jr. High Orchestra: Sienna H. (grade 8, violin), Rajveer G. (grade 8, violin), Joshua B. (grade 7, violin), Madeline D. (grade 8, viola), Bailey O. (grade 8, cello), Nikolas C. (grade 7, cello).

CDMS YEARBOOK

You may order online at or call Jostens at 1-877-767-5217.   Price is now $25, please order now to ensure your child receives a book with memories to last a lifetime.

If you have questions/concerns, please contact Mrs. Young, yearbook advisor, ayoung@.

CDMS/LMS MUSICAL

CDMS/LMS Musical Information: Tickets for the general public will go on sale on February 19. Please visit our CDMS Web Page and click on Musical Theater/Tickets for a live link to order your tickets. Please contact Mrs. Topp at LMS if you have questions.

CDMS NJHS

This week will begin the Lollipop Gram Drive. Lollipops will be sold in the lobby, each morning from 7:20 to 7:45, February 1, 2, 5, 6, & 7 @ 25 cents each. Students may purchase Lollipops for their friends, teachers, or office staff. Each Lollipop can be sent with a message for the recipient. Students, on the committee, will be responsible for selling Lollipops each morning before school. Students, on the committee, will also be responsible for staying after school, February 12th, to prepare the lollipops and messages for distribution. Every NJHS member is responsible for bringing in 2 bags of Lollipops. Students should not bring in Dum-dum pops or Blow pops. Students will then gear up for Dr. Seuss’s birthday by preparing a lessons and activities which they will teach to students in Paxtonia, Middle Paxton, and West Hanover Elementary schools.

CDMS SCHOOL STORE

The school store continues to be a busy place for the students for snacks, drinks, school supplies and trinkets. The school store profits go directly back to the students. Here is an update on items that have been recently purchased for our school.

• Tech Ed: Kill A Watt electricity motors and pouches for storage

• Boys PE: bocce ball set

• Soaring Eagles team: gift cards to Giant for their healthy eating club; games

• Girls PE:  stability balls; jump ropes and bands; speed ropes

• Digital X: supplies to code drones that will be made from our 3D printers

• Music Dept.: boom whackers; conga’s; drums/percussion set

Back by popular demand, the school store will be selling Fastnachts on February 13th in the lobby. They will be .50 each.

FEBRUARY CALENDAR

16 Valentine’s Dance – 7PM to 9PM (Sponsored by PTA)

19 School in Session – Snow Make Up Day

20 PTA Meeting 7:00 PM (CDMS Library)

22 End of Creative Arts Cycle 3

23 Junior Achievement Program: 6th, 7th, 8th Grade.

TEAM HIGHLIGHTS

Stingrays – Social Studies- Unit Four; Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches are our focus for the next few weeks. It's our turn for the Close Read TDA coming up at the end of February. The topic will be the United States Supreme Court.

In Science class, we are finishing up our close reading assignment, and bringing to a close the unit on Newton’s Laws.  We will now start learning about atoms and molecules with a unit on Matter. In math class we have been learning about expressions and equations.  We will have our math test on February 13th.  Packets, extended responses, and vocabulary will be due February 14th.  In language arts, we have been learning about pronouns, text features, and text structures.  We will be starting our persuasive writing pieces on February 12th. 

Sharks – Social Studies – First, THANK YOU for checking out our page on .  We are almost at our goal for flexible seating.  Please make sure to use the code “Liftoff” this week to get a matched donation up to $50.00!! The students did an amazing job writing “bills” to be passed by “congress” last week!  We just took a quiz on the Executive Branch, and are starting to learn about the structure, organization, and operations of the judicial branch.   

Science – We are finishing out our Motion unit and are heading into the basics of chemistry next. Students will be learning about atoms, the periodic table, and the various states of matter such as gases, solids, and liquids.

Math-  We are continuing are journey through algebra. Chapter 7 has the students creating and working with equations. It seems that the biggest concern that the students are exhibiting is showing their work while using the properties of algebra. We will continue working with the properties throughout the year. 

Language Arts – Each class is finishing up various stages of their Lit Circle books and will be using them to identify and apply some key elements of plot. The current unit also will include identifying and understanding various text features. Coming up soon will also be use of the full writing process to complete a argumentative essay on a real world topic.  We use our Reader’s Notebook regularly to go over grammar skills each week as well.

Swordfish – Congratulations to our students of the month for January: Grace T. and Nathaniel G.

In math class we are beginning chapter 7 on equations. The students will be learning how to solve and write equations using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

In Mr. Neagley's Language Arts class the students are learning about informational text. They will learn how graphic features enhance the understanding of written text. We are also studying onomatopoeia as our figurative language topic. The students are also reading the book Maniac Magee. Within this novel we study tall tales, dramatic irony, metaphors, conflicts (internal and external), imagery, and hyperbole.  

Mrs. Berry’s social studies classes are just about to wrap up our fourth unit, the three branches of the United States government. The students learned in depth about the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, along with the checks and balances that are put in place. Our fifth unit focuses on the regions within the United States (Northeast, Northwest, South, Southwest, and Midwest.) Students will learn about the regions climate, geography, and economic industries.

Mrs. Berry’s Language Arts class will continue to work on our Socratic seminar, meeting once a cycle to discuss The Outsider’s. We will begin writing our informative writing piece, focusing on writing clearly to effectively communicate an informative topic. Within the writing tasks, students will be practicing proper pronoun use. The students will also continue to work through Unit 2 “Finding Your Voice” in their Journeys anthology. As the students read various text selections they will be focusing on apply skills such as; theme, text-structures, and making generalizations and conclusions.

In science class, students have just finished the unit on forces and motion. They also completed a close read and text-dependent analysis essay on an article about physical contact in youth sports and the risk of concussions. Next, we will be starting our science unit on Matter.

In Language Arts with Mrs. Collins, students have just finished a lesson on how text and graphic features and text structure are used in informational text. Figurative language, specifically, idioms and onomatopoeia, was also reviewed. Students have had a successful start to their Independent Reading Projects, where they are reading self-selected novels. Students check-in twice a week with their small reading groups to share what they’ve read and to keep them accountable for reading their novels.

Red Raptors – The Red Raptors would like to congratulate Elayna S. and Sameer P. for being selected as the students of the month for January. We are very proud of these awesome students!

In World History, we are pleased to have Mr. Tayler with us. Mr. Tayler is in his senior year at Shippensburg University. He will be with us until the middle of March.

In English, we are finishing our unit on poetry with a project creating greeting cards.  We will be starting a unit on argumentative writing at the end of the month.

In Academic Literacy we are completing a short unit of context clues and will soon begin a unit on text structure.  Students will write a short autobiography using one of the learned text structures.

In Pre-Algebra, we will be starting our unit on angle relationships and triangles.  Math Grade 7 will be starting our unit on percent. In science students are starting a new unit on genetics.  This unit will help students understand how traits get passed generation to generation.

The 7th grade unit for the beginning of February is on Voice, Author’s Perspective and Point of View. The second week of February will focus on an analysis of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” in conjunction with a poem by Nikki Giovanni. By the middle of February, I will introduce the Novel “Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy”. Students will work on activities surrounding this novel for about 6 weeks, culminating in a collaborative performance task.

Gold Stars – The second marking period has just ended, so we are now in the second half of the year.  As Spring nears, don’t forget that hard work is essential for success.  The World History classes are learning about the rise and fall of the Western Roman Empire.  Congratulations to Alex C. for placing 5th in the National Geographic Bee.  Alex was the only Gold Star to make the competition, and he did a great job representing our team.  Up next, the students will learn about the Middle Ages and the importance of chivalry that still applies to this day.  In Science, the Gold Stars are learning about genetics, making genetic dragons and breeding dogs. The students will also delve in to the new science of biotechnology, including cloning and CRISPR. Both the Math 7 and Pre-Algebra classes will be starting work with percentages, including tax, markup, markdown, discounts, tips, and commissions and fees, topics that are relevant to everyday life.  In English, the Gold Stars will focus on poetry throughout the month of February. Students will read the works of classic and contemporary poets, along with writing their own poems. The unit will culminate with a class poetry reading. Congratulations to the January Students of the Month, Kiara M. and Tyson G.!

The 7th grade unit for the beginning of February is on Voice, Author’s Perspective and Point of View. The second week of February will focus on an analysis of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” in conjunction with a poem by Nikki Giovanni. By the middle of February, I will introduce the Novel “Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy”. Students will work on activities surrounding this novel for about 6 weeks, culminating in a collaborative performance task.

Silver Lions – In Math 8 we are finishing solving systems of equations and linear relationships.   We will begin a unit with functional relationships.  Geometry will begin a unit with polygon, applying geometric relationships and proof strategies to our four sided friends.

In U.S. History the Silver Lions are currently learning how the politics of expansion had a significant impact on the United States.  Students will be completing a series of projects including a giant foldable on the Elections of 1824 and 1828, an informative poster on the Oregon Trail, and a graphic novelette on the Battle of the Alamo.

The Silver Team has just completed their Text Dependent Analysis Essay on how El'Nino causes "Global Turmoil". We are continuing our study on weather factors and weather forecasting. At the end of Unit 6 we will be completing a Performance Task where students will be the head of one of the severe weather storms departments for the National Weather Service. They will have to put together a presentation that would be used to convince the House of Representatives why their department deserves extra research money over all of the other departments.   

In English class, students are practicing their grammar skills with a cooperative group project.  Students took a pre-test and analyzed their weaknesses in the area of grammar and punctuation.  These results were then used to create project groups centered around a particular skill that needs to be reviewed by the majority of the students.  The groups will design a creative way to review the particular skill and then practice it.  After each class seems to have mastered the skill, students will be given an assessment to see how well they can transfer what they have learned to their writing.  

8th grade students have selected a topic and a position to research in order to write an argumentative essay. Following the essay writing, students will join with their partner to present both sides of the argument topic in an interactive digital presentation.

Green Clovers – The students of the month for the Green Clovers are AJ B. and Marissa H.

In Algebra class, the students will be starting a unit on solving systems of linear equations.  In Math 8 Class, the students are currently solving systems of equations and will soon begin a unit on Functions.  In U.S. History we are traveling west on the Oregon Trail.  There is a rumor that gold may have been found in California and Texans are fighting the Mexicans at the Alamo.  In Science class we have just finished our close read on El Nino and will precipitate our efforts toward learning humidity.  Testing on weather factors will fall on this coming Tuesday weather permitting!  In English Class we have just started reading the short story "Flowers for Algernon."  Students are participating in literature circles to respond to the major themes in this book. Towards the end of this month, we will be moving on to writing research papers.   In Research and Communications Literacy, we have been reviewing the elements of author’s perspective and purpose, persuasion, propaganda and bias.  These concepts will be useful as the students write their persuasive essays and later turn their essay into an argumentative presentation with the help of a classmate.  Classmates will select an argumentative issue and present both the pro and con sides of the topic to the class.

8th grade students have selected a topic and a position to research in order to write an argumentative essay. Following the essay writing, students will join with their partner to present both sides of the argument topic in an interactive digital presentation.

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